Heat

[dodge man]

It’s been brutal here, very high dew points with it hitting 80 during the day with temps in the low 90’s. This is farm country with a lot of corn. There is a thing called corn sweat. The corn puts out a lot of moisture making for high dew points. Yesterday depending on which weather station you looked at the heat index was 110 to 115. Right now at 12:30 pm it’s 87 out with a heat index of 103.

 

[rontaki]

It’s been brutal here, very high dew points with it hitting 80 during the day with temps in the low 90’s. This is farm country with a lot of corn. There is a thing called corn sweat. The corn puts out a lot of moisture making for high dew points. Yesterday depending on which weather station you looked at the heat index was 110 to 115. Right now at 12:30 pm it’s 87 out with a heat index of 103.

Ethanol Über Alles

 

[rontaki]

Climate not needing heat or cooling is one of the top reasons we call Oakland home…

I can do colder no problem but not a fan of ice… several family friends up in years don’t even leave the house in snow and ice country because we all know people with non recoverable slip and falls.

That same climate was one reason I wanted out of the Bay Area. Knowing it was a sunny warm day elsewhere while shivering in the cold fog was not my idea of a good time.
Of course, climate change is, well, changing that. Eventually, even Bay Area houses will need AC to be comfortable. But the crowded-rats syndrome will persist.

 

[dodge man]

Yeah that’s it ethanol is the problem, they never grew corn around here before.

 

[ultrarunner]

That same climate was one reason I wanted out of the Bay Area. Knowing it was a sunny warm day elsewhere while shivering in the cold fog was not my idea of a good time.
Of course, climate change is, well, changing that. Eventually, even Bay Area houses will need AC to be comfortable. But the crowded-rats syndrome will persist.

SF has Carl the fog and yes it can be much cooler on the SF peninsula and Golden Gate

Oakland is far enough away to have its own climate

Through the tunnel 5 minutes from Oakland to Orinda and it may be 20 warmer in summer or 20 degrees colder in winter.

Safe to say just about every home through the tunnel has A/C

Locally it’s called the Bay Area micro climates

I think Mark Twain said the coldest winter he experienced is summer in SF

 

[rontaki]

Yeah that’s it ethanol is the problem, they never grew corn around here before.

SF has Carl the fog and yes it can be much cooler on the SF peninsula and Golden Gate

Oakland is far enough away to have its own climate

Through the tunnel 5 minutes to Orinda and it may be 20 warmer in summer or 20 degrees colder in winter.

Locally it’s called the Bay Area micro climates

I think Mark Twain said the coldest winter he experienced is summer in SF

I lived in Richmond/El Sobrante and summers are rather foggy or overcast. Concord and Walnut Creek seemed to be hot at the time. Orinda is nice, but expensive. Someone's while driving to Albany or Berzerkeley, I'd watch the massive clouds of fog roll on from the bay. The Albany Bulb and Point Isabel are great hiking/dog walking places, just bundle up or have a good sweater handy.

 

[rontaki]

Yeah that’s it ethanol is the problem, they never grew corn around here before.

Sorry, I didn't mean to be a crank about that, it's just that I'm more than irritated about being forced to have ethanol in the gas I use in my small motors. I know there are some advantages in terms of octane rating and cleaner burning, but those do not outweigh the disadvantages to small engines.
Not the fault of corn farmers or folks nearby, in fact, good for them! The real money is being made by people who probably never have dirt under their fingernails. California takes it to a painful extreme.

 

[dodge man]

I burn a lot of ethanol but not in small engines. I agree it’s crap for them. It’s kind of funny but I waste gas going to get gas, pure gas that is.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

Heat index was over 121* just before I snapped this pic. Dew point was over 81*.

 

[dodge man]

It always sounds a little silly to say it but it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity. You walk out the door and it’s like a slap in the face.